Specialist Speech and Language Therapist

Job overview

This is an exciting opportunity to join a well-established, supportive Speech & Language Therapy Team who can offer support to develop your skills if you already have experience and developing interests. This is a band 6 post with development opportunities in DLD and specific speech disorders

Based in Basildon or Thurrock you will assess and provide direct and indirect therapy for children  with a range of SCLN

You will be working in mainstream settings as link therapist and with pre-schoolers at Drop in sessions, clinic and pre schools. You will be supported by specialist therapists to develop your skills with children with DLD and SSD

You will be able to organise, plan and prioritise your  workload, and that of assistant staff; demonstrate ability to generate  strategies for caseload management. You will have excellent interpersonal skills (observation, listening and empathy) to enable you to work to support the individual needs of the schools, staff and pupils.

We offer:-

• a regular supervision programme arranged with a named therapist
• integrated children’s therapies and professional team meetings to maintain communication and learning opportunities with speech and language, occupational therapists and physiotherapists,
• a full induction programme
• a supportive and friendly environment
• training opportunities through CPD groups and external courses
• We have experienced admin and Assistant teams.

We encourage innovation and would welcome you to a strong and stable team.

Main duties of the job

You will join a team of friendly and supportive enthusiastic professionals that support children and their families with their speech, language and communication needs.

• 1. To independently manage and make differential diagnoses for a caseload of clients with delays and disorders of communication, speech and language and / or developmental language disorders or specific speech sound disorders.
• 2.  Devise and deliver appropriate specialist intervention / care plans / enhanced models of SLT for clients with delays and disorders of communication, speech and language and provide suitable and timely support.
• 3. To provide specialist knowledge, advice, training and teaching to parents, carers, students and SLT team in all aspects of management of speech, language and communication delays and disorders in children
• 4. Work as part of the integrated therapies multi-disciplinary team ensuring the delivery of joined up care plans.
• 5. Contribute to multidisciplinary support for clients with a range of speech, language and communication difficulties.
• 6. Develop and deliver training and support packages.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Detailed Job Description and Main responsibilities

Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about this role and working at Northeast London NHS Foundation Trust. We encourage you to refer closely to this when completing your application. We welcome your application even if you do not meet all the criteria listed in the person specification. Any development needs to help you succeed in the role, can be discussed at the interview stage.

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